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Amerikanische Jagd- und Reiseabenteuer: aus meinem Leben in den westlichen Indianergebieten. (open access)

Amerikanische Jagd- und Reiseabenteuer: aus meinem Leben in den westlichen Indianergebieten.

This German text recounts the author's adventures traveling the western United States over a sixteen-year period. The author describes his encounters with Native Americans and the natural environment, especially the animals he hunted. The book also includes illustrations made by the author during his travels.
Date: 1858
Creator: Armand, 1806-1889
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brands, Vol. 1 (open access)

Brands, Vol. 1

Handwritten directory of brands associated with ranches mainly located in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directory is arranged alphabetically by brand. Volume one covers A through T.
Date: [1890..1899]
Creator: Cattle Raisers Association of Texas.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brands, Vol. 2 (open access)

Brands, Vol. 2

Handwritten directory of brands associated with ranches mainly located in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directory is arranged alphabetically by brand. Volume two covers U through Z, and the numerical brands.
Date: [1890..1899]
Creator: Cattle Raisers Association of Texas.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Observation on the Ground Waters of Rio Grande (open access)

Observation on the Ground Waters of Rio Grande

Book that discusses the ground waters of the Rio Grande Valley as well as tests undertaken at pumping plants along the area. Appendix begins on page 74. Index begins on page 81.
Date: 1905
Creator: Slichter, Charles Sumner, 1864-1946
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coffee in the Gourd (open access)

Coffee in the Gourd

Collection of miscellaneous folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folk songs, information about Indian pictographs, legends, superstitions, and weather lore. The index begins on page 105.
Date: 1923
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Scruggs Family Scrapbook] (open access)

[Scruggs Family Scrapbook]

Photo album of descendants of James Robert Scruggs (1860-1937) and Mary "Molly" Thomas Brown Scruggs (1856-1933) of Baxter, Texas. The album includes photos of a parade at the University of Texas, Austin, The Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, and various scenes from the 1930s-1940s.
Date: 1924-01-11/1941~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Happy Hunting Ground (open access)

Happy Hunting Ground

Collection of popular folklore from Central and South America, including Mexican ballads, primitive art, cowboy dances, reptile myths, superstitions, Indian pictographs, and other folktales. The index begins on page 127.
Date: 1925
Creator: Texas Folklore Society & Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Frontier Doctor (open access)

A Frontier Doctor

This autobiographical account of Dr. Henry Franklin Hoyt chronicles his family's history, his upbringing on a small farm in Minnesota, his work as a surgeon in New Mexico, Chicago, California, Texas and the Philippines, along with many other miscellaneous adventures.
Date: 1929
Creator: Hoyt, Henry Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spur-of-the-Cock (open access)

Spur-of-the-Cock

Collected miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Mayo Indians, Mexican folk plays, folk songs, information about Texas cacti and other folklore. The index begins on page 110.
Date: 1933
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bulletin of McMurry College, 1937 Sacramento Mountains summer school session (open access)

Bulletin of McMurry College, 1937 Sacramento Mountains summer school session

Bulletin describes the administration, faculty, course offerings, and campus life at the McMurry College summer school session held at the Summer Assembly Grounds of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Sacramento, New Mexico.
Date: March 1937
Creator: McMurry College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mustangs and Cow Horses (open access)

Mustangs and Cow Horses

Collection of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folktales, folk songs, ballads and other information about mustangs and horses. The index begins on page 425.
Date: 1940
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Boatright, Mody C. & Ransom, Harry H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Hell to Breakfast (open access)

From Hell to Breakfast

Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date: 1944
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore (open access)

The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore

Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folktales, Mexican folk remedies, and stories about Don Pedrito Jaramillo, who was the Curandero of Los Olmos. The index begins on page 137.
Date: 1951
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk (open access)

Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Herman F. Fuchs flight record] (open access)

[Herman F. Fuchs flight record]

Herman Fuchs' flight record from 1954 to 1970, including aircraft types flown, serial numbers, hours, points of origin and destination, and miles.
Date: 1954-04/1970-02
Creator: Fuchs, Herman F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Singers and Storytellers (open access)

Singers and Storytellers

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including personal anecdotes about storytellers and singers, as well as folk songs, myths, and ghost stories. The index begins on page 295.
Date: 1961
Creator: Boatright, Mody C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southeastern New Mexico and West Texas: Symposium Papers, 1965 (open access)

Southeastern New Mexico and West Texas: Symposium Papers, 1965

Proceedings of the 1st regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date: 1966
Creator: Runayn, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1966 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1966

Proceedings of the 2nd regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. Also includes the by-laws of the Southeastern Federation of Archeological Societies.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1967 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1967

Proceedings of the 3rd regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1968 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1968

Proceedings of the 4th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date: 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1969 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1969

Proceedings of the 5th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. Also includes the by-laws of the Southeastern Federation of Archeological Societies.
Date: 1970
Creator: Smith, Calvin B. & Warnica, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trost & Trost, Architects (open access)

Trost & Trost, Architects

Photocopy of a booklet from 1907 advertising various types of architecture designed by the Trost & Trost firm, with introductory text and advertisements.
Date: unknown
Creator: Trost & Trost (Firm)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1970 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1970

Proceedings of the 6th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date: 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joel K. Walker, November 11, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joel K. Walker, November 11, 1971

Interview with Joel Walker, an employee of the Home Owners' Loan Association from Marietta, Oklahoma. Walker worked for the HOLA in Dallas during the Great Depression; he discusses working at a bank in Roswell, New Mexico, unemployment, hiring with HOLA in Dallas, how the Association operated, loan terms, mortgages, and foreclosures.
Date: November 11, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Walker, Joel K.
System: The UNT Digital Library